All About Paso Robles, California 93446

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Google map of the Paso Robles downtown park. The library is in the lower left corner.
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Paso Robles officials are contemplating the idea of charging fees in the downtown area.
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Golden Hill Nursery
in Paso Robles
2111 Golden Hill Rd
Paso Robles, CA 93446
805.237.2100

I was glad to find the Golden Hill Nursery within a few miles of my house. The owner, Don Whitmore, was very hospitable when I told him about this new website. This business has much of what you need for a great home garden including veggie and flower plants, lots of pots of all sizes and composition and garden accessories. Check it out!

I attended a walk about town last week. Our tour guide was Dan Burden. He tours the country as a consultant on walkable communities. Dan's theme is that the time for walking through town (instead of driving) has arrived due to the high cost of maintaining rounds and parking for the ever growing number of cars. He pointed at the 30mph sign on Park St. "A town's speed limit should never be over 20mph in the downtown area," said Dan. If a pedestrian is struck by a car, he explained, he has a far better chance of survival if the speed limit is 20mph than even 25mph. At 30 mph there is a 90% chance that the pedestrian will die.

Paso Robles hired architects to help with the future design of the west side of town over the Salinas River. Dan Burden was invited by the architects to ease the town into thinking about what they want the west side to be in the long run. A plan to make the transition will cost over $1.5 million. Be sure to attend the council meetings to learn more and participate.

I stopped by the senior center today. I was greeted warmly by Dick, age 85, who told me he used to work at Walmart but that he needed to find something new. Dick volunteered to work at the senior center.

He introduced me to Lynda Holt, the Recreation Coordinator. Lynda is a very energetic person who gladly spent time with a person she never met before, myself.

After chatting with Lynda, I went with Dick to tour the facility. I learned that the center is growing quickly to the point where space is at a premium.

I saw at least six women in one small office. They were attending a hands-on knitting class. In another room a large number of people were playing cards. I think they were playing bridge and poker but I did not want to disturb them to find out for sure.

In a room along the south wall (the entrance faces west) I saw a large covered pool table and some more people standing and chatting. "We are getting rid of the pool table," said Dick. The space could be put to better use since the table is not being used too often.

A few of the many activities you can enjoy are computer classes, flexercise class, Friday socials, Java with the Guys (men's group), free legal aid, life story interviews (Vicky Reeder conducts interviews and redcords thenm for you to keep), Scrabble games, income tax assistance, a walking goup, Yoga class, Writers Group and a writer's critique group, and much much more.

Before I left I made sure to join the center. The cost is only $10 per year per household. I hear you can buy breakfast there daily for a couple of bucks.